On average, one person dies every six days in Ireland due to asthma. Sadly 90% of those are preventable if asthma is managed correctly.
On behalf of our members and the 380,000 people with asthma in Ireland, we are urging the Government to follow the recommendations to stop asthma deaths.
Asthma Society’s Pre Budget Submission 2019 urges the Government to:
- Substantially reduce the cost of asthma medication;
- Provide a free annual asthma review with a patient’s GP;
- Improve the number of dedicated paediatric asthma services;
- End the post-code lottery for people with severe asthma;
- Revisit the National Clinical Programme for Asthma;
- Improve regulations around administration of emergency reliever inhalers in schools;
- Eradicate outdoor air pollution;
- Protect indoor air quality;
- Reduce the tobacco threat
- Fund the Asthma Society’s essential programmes.